Steady or unsteady? Uncovering the aerodynamic mechanisms of insect flight

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-351

  Sane, Sanjay P ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTORY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INSECTS; WING;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79251506062     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.048330     Document Type: Article

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